(3.5 mi., linear) - Begins at the gate on American Blvd., or from the Hillside Trail. The trail enters hillside forest and crosses a water control structure (0.6 mi.), then continues past marsh, a Minnesota River viewpoint (1.1 mi.), bottomland forest, along a river oxbow (1.9 mi.), and ends at the Cedar Ave./Hwy. 77 bridge. A walkway crosses the river to the Jens Casperson Landing (DNR), where the State Corridor Trail heads east along the river to Fort Snelling State Park.